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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 9

Business in all lines of dairy produce has been of good volume during the week. Butter has been reduced yesterday by…

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Farmers in Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 6

Tenant farmers are convinced that the time has come when they should have members of their own order in Parliament. The House of Commons has…

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Our Sydney Letter. Free Wool Means Another Market.—the Strike Situation.—passing Things on in Beef.—a Warning From the Employers.—tram Ticket Plant.—the Educated Burglar Leaves His Card. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 4

What's the most important local item to-day? Strike? No:—Free wool, United States of America. It means an enormous lot to Australia if the wool can be…

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Holsteins and Butter-fat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 11

When it comes to records (says an American paper) the Holstein are almost in a class by themselves, both when it comes to the number of cows that produce…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Position of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 9

This week's business in the local wheat market has been greatly upset owing to the railway strike at Darling Island and Darling Harbour. Truckings from the…

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Farm and Produce. Food and Stock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 11

The average daily gains made by live stock in soma of the carcase classe at Smithfleld show (Eng.) recently, indicate the highest development that can be…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 9

Business in dairy produce has been good for the week, particularly as deliveries have not been hampered by railway troubles such as were experienced in…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 9

Some fairly large business transactions have been made during the week, and a good many orders have come through to Newcastle for produce on account of the…

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Branding of Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 11

Some reports relative to the present method employed in Australia in the branding of hides and skins have been received by the Commonwealth…

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American Tariff. Free Wool Certain. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 5

It is becoming increasingly evident that the free wool fight has been won. Several Senators express their intention of introducing amendments in…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Position of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 9

As the month advances the market for prompt wheat remains steady but quiet. The steadiness in due chiefly to the London firmness for prompt shipments, and…

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Science and Farming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 6

In an address to a gathering of farmers recently, Lord Lucas (Parliamentary Secretary to the British Board of Agriculture) said that, thanks to the…

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Farm and Produce. Experiments with Fertilisers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 11

A simple set of experiments bus been devised by the Department of agriculture to ascertain for farmers what fertilisers they should use for a farmer may…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 9

The demand for most lines of produce has been rather limited during the week. The north and north-west are being supplied with maize from Wallangarra, and…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 9

Business generally in dairy produce lines has been of the usual volume, with the exception of In bacon and cheese, the demand for which is not so keen…

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American Tariff. Free Wool Question. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 5

The Republican party is considering whether they will introduce the Payne-Hill Wool Bill in the form of an amendment upon the democratic…

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Our Sydney Letter. Immigration and Emigration.—cook's Day.—"advising" Tenants to Pay.—concessions to Every Day Travellers.—money Very Well Spent.—a New Market for Wool Means Producing It.—a Manufacturing Item. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 4

A little thing that catch the eye is this Mr. Trivett. Government Statist, gave evidence before the Dominions Commission. The question of immigration…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 6

Gibbs. Bright, nod Company are in receipt of cable advice, that the sales opened with a good demand, market firm, prices being equal to the closing rates of…

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Late Sporting. Warwick Farm Scratchings. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 6

Jack Bradshaw and Taurnal from the Farm Stakes, Cavity and Rarley from the Warwick Farm Handicap, and Debutante from the Pace Welter were the…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Position of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 9

Towards the end of last week the London wheat market exhibited sings of strength, and their offers for April shipments advanced from 1½ to 3d per…

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